FENTVIC.ORG is pleased to host:
FIGHT ILLICIT FENTANYL CAMPAIGN, NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC
10/8-22/2023 Public Safety Digital Billboard Campaign
10/14/23 Family Summit on Fentanyl Fatalities in NC: Public Safety & Justice Conference
DETAILS
- 10/8 @12am -10/22/23 @ 11:59pm. Runs 24/7, digital and illuminated.
- New Hanover County, NC, 6 locations (see below)
- Made possible by NC fentanyl victim families & corporate good citizens Lamar Advertising (Cynthia Barbour) & Adams Outdoor (Julie Belnap)
- Features 13 Eastern NC fentanyl fatality victims killed by fentanyl 13 different ways.
- 10/14/23 Family Summit on Fentanyl Fatalities: Public Safety & Justice Conference.
10:30-3:30. Private Event for NC Fentanyl Victim Families & Press who pre-register. Separate press release to be issued.
PURPOSE:
- SAVE LIVES!
- Raise awareness about 13,957 fentanyl fatalities in NC, 2013-22 (source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics Death Certificate Data)
- 440 fentanyl fatalities occurred in New Hanover County 2013-22 (source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics Death Certificate Data)
- Spark public safety conversations within communities and amongst families about the dangers of illicit fentanyl, particularly counterfeit pills.
- 7 out of 10 โstreetโ counterfeit pills contain lethal dose of fentanyl additives (DEA 2023)
- Link to New Hanover fentanyl fatality data on fentvic.org website: https://fentanylvictimsnetworknc.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/New_Hanover_County.pdf
CONTACT
- Fentanyl Victims Network of NC (fentvic), www.fentvic.org
- Barb Walsh, Executive Director, 919-614-3830, barb@fentvic.org
- Fentvic is a charitable nonprofit located in Wake County NC. EIN #88-3921380
- Fentvic is a grassroots organization that promotes public safety, justice, education, advocacy, and support of NC fentanyl victim families in all 100 NC Counties
- In partnership with Forgotten Victims of NC, Patricia Drewes, Founder, 252-204-9611, patriciadrewes@yahoo.com, link to FB page: http://forgottenvictimsofnc.org/
Locations: 6 Public Safety Billboards in New Hanover County
- 143 S College Road + Market Street
- 5216 Oleander Drive + Hawthorne
- 1328 US 421 + Spencer Farlow Drive
- US-17 + 7491 Market Street
- US-17 + Military Cutoff exit
- US-17S + NC210